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[HousK  OF  Representatives.] 

HOUSE  OF  UEPRESENTATIVES,  Jim.  4,   180  f— roslpoae.l, 
placed  on  the  Calendar,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Milks.] 

A.    BTLT^ 

To  bo  entitled  An  Act  repealing  existing,  and  regulating  future,  ex- 
emptions from  military  service. 

1  Section  1.    T/tr,  Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact.  That   from  and  after    the  passage  of  this  act,  all  acts  and 

3  parts  of  acts  exempting  persons  from  military  service  be,  and  the 

4  same  are  hereby,  repealed,  except  in   so   far  as   they  relate  to 

5  odicers  of  the  Confederate  and  State  Governments  ;  and  hereafter 

6  no  otl\^r  persons  shall  be  exempt  from  such  service  than  the  fol- 

7  lowing,  to  ■svit :    .Ml  who  shall  be  hold  to  be  unfit  for  military  ser- 

8  vice,  under  rule.^  to  bo  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and 

9  such  other  persons  as  the  said  Secretary,  with  the  approval  of  the 
1(1  President,  may  deem  it  expedient  to  exempt  in  view  of  the  fact — 
1  I  which  must  be  satisfactorily  established — that  such  persons  can 

12  by  their  skill,  labor,  occupation  or  employment,  better  subserve 

13  the  vital  interests  of  the  country,  and  contribute  more  substan^ 


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14  tially  to  its  defence  outside  of  tbe  army  than  in  its  ranks:  Pro- 

15  xnded.  That  even  in  such  cases,  absolute  exemptions  from  military 

16  service  shall  not  be  granted,  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary, of 

17  War,  the  same  end  can  be  attained  by  regularly  enrolling  and 

18  detailing    for  specific  times,  and  stated  purposes,  the   persons 

19  whose  skill,  labor,  occupation  or  employment  may  make  their 

20  services    more  valuable  out  of  thin  in  the  actual  ranks  of  the 

21  aimy. 


